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In [[Unix-like]] and some other [[operating system]]s, <code>'''find'''</code> is a [[command-line utility]] that [[Search engine (computing)|searches]] through one or more [[directory tree]]s of a [[file system]], locates [[Computer file|file]]s based on some [[user (computing)|user]]-specified criteria and applies a user-specified action on each matched file. The possible search criteria include a [[pattern matching|pattern(contracted; show full)
'''find: paths must precede expression.''' Double quotes find . -name "my*" works fine.

===Files only===
 find . -name "my*" -type f
This limits the results of the above search to only regular files, therefore excluding directories, special files, pipes, symbolic links, etc. ''my*'' is enclosed in quotes as otherwise the shell would replace it with the list of  files in the current directory starting with ''my''...
 -pp

===Commands===
The previous examples created listings of results because, by default, <code>find</code> executes the '-print' action.   (Note that early versions of the <code>find</code> command had no default action at all; therefore the resulting list of files would be discarded, to the bewilderment of users.) 

 find . -name "my*" -type f -ls
This prints extended file information.

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